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Dermot Gilleece picks his ideal European line-up

In the wake of an amazing triumph at Medinah, Lee Westwood suggested that the European team to defend the trophy at Gleneagles should be named on the basis of “nine spots, two picks plus Poults.” With the event still nine months away, there will be no need of such an arrangement: the irrepressible Ian Poulter looks certain to be an automatic qualifier.

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Tales of porting goodwill, a course all to yourself, and a frosty warning

With England currently struggling to save face in the Ashes, it is interesting to recall another Christmas and another series on the other side of the world, where 90-degree temperatures made a small group of Britons all the more nostalgic for home. With the Boxing Day start of the fourth test in the 1982-'83 Ashes series still a few days away, it was a time when Alec Bedser phoned Royal Melbourne Golf Club.